Gordon S. Wood, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian of the American Revolution and professor emeritus of history at Brown University, died on June 7, 2026. Read more about his life, scholarship, and legacy:
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Who makes decisions about what we teach kids about US history? The AHA’s American Lesson Plan shows how complicated the answer is.
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AHA president-elect Lonnie G. Bunch III was featured in the New York Times as he prepares to unveil American Aspirations, a Smithsonian exhibition marking America 250.
The profile highlights Bunch’s career and his commitment to presenting American history in all of its complexity.
When En Li starts a new class every semester, before she tells her students that she has a PhD in Chinese history, she tells them, "I am a hula dancer."
In #AHAPerspectives, she explores how hula dance shapes her teaching, helping her model vulnerability and reimagine classroom authority.
On June 6, 1944, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy.
As we approach the anniversary of D-Day, we're revisiting a 2016 #AHAPerspectives piece by Kevin Wagner on bringing the history of D-Day to life for one of his students.
The American Historical Association will hold the second annual Virginia Conference on Introductory History Courses on Friday, August 28 and Saturday, August 29, 2026, at the Virginia Museum of Histor...
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A nine-state discussion of how teachers, administrators, and districts make decisions about what to teach in US history classes.
The prolific and preeminent historian of the American Revolution who taught at Brown for nearly four decades died on Sunday, June 7, at age 92.
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The American Historical Association will hold the inaugural Virginia Conference on Introductory History Courses on Friday, March 28 and Saturday, March 29, 2025, at the Virginia Museum of History and ...
In 2024, we published a piece by Anne Lester about the rebuilding of Notre-Dame, five years after the fire. #AHAPerspectives
With today's #AHAPerspectives article on the completion of Sagrada Familia by @martavvicente.bsky.social, I feel like we now have a little miniseries on impressive construction projects on European cathedrals. 🗃️ (If there are other cathedrals that need historical context, pitch us!)
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As Notre-Dame in Paris has been rebuilt, our understanding of its history has been transformed.
